THE Edmonton Oilers (35-22-4) hope to bounce back from a difficult 6-2 defeat to the Ducks d’Anaheim earlier this week while they would face Montreal Canadians (30-26-5) Thursday evening, a team that has currently led a sequence of five consecutive victories.
The match will be the second of a Homestand of three Edmonton three games in Rogers Place, where the Oilers made a record of 18-11-2 this season. The clothes went 14-14-1 on the road.
Montreal has won six of its last 10 games, scoring an average of 3.3 goals per game within the time and abandoning 2.9 goals per game. During the last 10 Edmonton games, the Oilers have a 3-7-0 file and scored an average of 2.9 goals per game while abandoning an average of four goals per game.
The oilers have lost six of their last seven games.
The Edmonton Oilers trained in Rogers on March 6, 2025.
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Thursday evening’s match comes one day before the NHL trade deadline, which takes place Friday at 1 p.m. MST. Tuesday, The Oilers announced that they had acquired the attackers Trent Frederic and Max Jones in a three -team business Implying Boston’s Bruins and New Jersey Devils.
Frédéric should not make his beginnings on the ilers for two or three additional weeks due to an injury. Defenders Mattias Ekholm and John Klingberg will not be available on Tuesday, according to an article on the X account of the hockey club. Jones and Cam Dineen, a defender who was called to the American Hockey League team in an emergency, will make his debut in the Oilers jerseys.
“(I am) super delighted,” Jones told journalists after training on Thursday after confirming that he had been said that he would play.
“I am delighted that I am here in a big city that loves their team.”
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Jones was selected in the first round of the draft of the NHL 2016 NHL by the Ducks, the club for which he spent most of his career to play. He had played only seven games with the Bruins this season. The attacker has the reputation of a solid ethics of work and playing a physical game.
The striker of the Oilers Max Jones speaks to journalists in Edmonton on March 6, 2025.
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“The physical part and the hard part working is something you can control … Just finish success,” said Jones. “From there, it’s just to go out, to play hockey and I have played very good hockey lately. …
“I’m just honored to be really part of it and learn from these guys and do what I can help.”
Stuart Skinner is expected to be the goalkeeper of the Oilers on Thursday.
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